Kids Beach Toy Library: Borrow a sand toy, leave a sand toy Rusty Blazenhoff

evolution These volcano-dwelling snails are metal as hell, and also have iron shells. Thom Dunn

Weird "Bigfoot Watcher Chasing Chemtrails Records a UFO" David Pescovitz

cephalopods Octopus changes color while asleep, possibly dreaming Clive Thompson

In search of How coconut crabs may have absconded with Amelia Earhart's skeleton Clive Thompson

law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow

happy mutants His Dream of Skyland, a mysterious and touching journey through opium-drenched colonial Hong Kong Cory Doctorow

Science Biologists find new hermit crab that uses living corals as shells Andrea James

crabs This chair is weaponized ugly Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Revealing the cover and first excerpt of Autonomous, Annalee Newitz's long-awaited debut novel Cory Doctorow

Japan A travel diary about getting lost on the most isolated island in Japan Joel Neff

happy mutants Spill Zone: a new free online graphic novel from Scott Westerfeld, creator of Uglies Cory Doctorow

politics Laurie Penny on hanging out with Milo Yiannopoulos and the gay trolls of the RNC Cory Doctorow

Science The closest I'll get to Jupiter is this JPL clean room Katherine Leipper

picks What is the celebrity uncertainty principle? Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Molly Crabapple's memoir DRAWING BLOOD: preview and a giveaway Cory Doctorow

Fine dining Coin-op cuisine: when the future tasted like a five-cent slice of pie Ben Marks

class war How guards and prosecutors retaliate against solitary confinement prisoners who blow the whistle Cory Doctorow

offworld There's never been a better time to take an adventure 'round the world Katherine Cross

Delightful Creatures British Library releases over a million public domain images Mark Frauenfelder